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Surgeons confirmed her fears when scans found 42 magnets in the child's digestive system.

Chief paediatric surgeon Nikolay Rostovtsev - who performed the surgery - said: 'Over the years, I had to take a variety of foreign bodies including magnets from young patients.

'Once I removed about 20 of them, but this incident of our little patient has broken all records.'

The 42 magnets once they had been removed. Surgeons called on parents to keep a close eye on young children as they explore new things with their mouths

The boy is now recovering from the adominal operation at Chelyabinsk Oblast Children's Hospital.

Surgeons have appealed to parents to keep a close eye on young children as they play, because they taste new objects as a way to explore their surroundings.

Parents are advised to child proof their homes by doing a careful survey of what their toddler can reach in each room and removing or fixing anything that could be hazardous. Children will naturally stop putting things in their mouths before they turn four.

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Toddler swallows 42 FRIDGE MAGNETS after mother leaves her in the kitchen for just a few minutes